SHIP: H/H: Muddying the pool

[cassandraclaire73]

No: HPFGUIDX 31407

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bbennett320178" <bbennett at j...> wrote:
"I see Hermione's chats with Viktor  as her trying to be 
polite/looking for common   interests in conversation, because that 
seems to me to be the kind of   girl Hermione is. Who knows - maybe 
she did bring up Ron, but "Ron's   the one she wouldn't have much to 
say about to Viktor, IMO, not Harry   (once she got past "my friend 
Ron is a big fan and loves Quidditch",  what would be left to talk 
about)."

:D Hey! Ron's the funny one with the smart comments, and he does lots 
of amusing things. I think there'd be plenty to say about Ron. 
*grins* See, I think we just have a difference of opinion about 
Hermione's relationship with Viktor. As Penny pointed out, this is 5 
months after the Yule Ball. I think they have moved beyond the making-
conversation-just-to-be-pleasant stage and are at the point where 
actual lives and interests are discussed.

"If Hermione's mainly trying to be  enjoyable company, then I think 
it's perfectly reasonable for her to  mostly think to bring up Harry 
(Harry and the tournament are the  primary things she has in common 
with Viktor, Viktor is essentially a  stranger, she's looking for 
things to talk about, etc). "

See, I disagree that after six months of interaction, and I would say 
friendship, that Viktor is still essentially a stranger to her.

"Well, yes, maybe, but I don't think it matters how she talked 
 about him. <g> If Viktor likes Hermione, and Hermione brings up 
Harry   a lot, then Viktor is likely to assume that Hermione likes 
Harry.  Which he does."

See I think it might well have been the *way* she talked about him as 
much as the frequency of talking about him ("mentionitis" as Bridget 
Jones would say) that piqued Viktor's annoyance. Here were are, many 
of us making the point that Harry is something Viktor and Hermione 
have in common. He is a celebrity. He is in the Tournament with 
Viktor. If she was must trying to make conversation, it might make 
sense she'd talk about Harry. Fine. But is Viktor incapable of making 
that same deduction about her motives? Again, I don't think he is 
stupid and I hardly think he wouldn't be able to understand that on 
his own. Therefore I have to make the assumption that he's annoyed by 
something beyond simply Hermione talking about her friend Harry as a 
point of interest for her and Viktor to share.

:D Cassie, waving her Viktor is Cool flag